Professor Katarzyna Dziwirek has been nominated for the 2015 David B. Thorud Leadership Award. The award, named in honor of David B. Thorud who served in many defining leadership roles at the University, acknowledges the exceptional ability to lead, serve, inspire, and innovate with broad impact to the University.

Senior Lecturer Bojan Belić has received the 2014 AATSEEL Award for Excellence in Post-Secondary Teaching. This award honors excellence in the teaching of Slavic and East European languages at the post-secondary level. It further recognizes promotion of Slavic languages, literatures, and culture at the undergraduate or graduate level; and rewards those who best support and inspire their students.

The November 2014 issue of Alaska Airlines in-flight magazine quotes Slavic Department alumna Stewart Parker on the value of a liberal arts education. Stewart's successful business career has included stints at Immunex; Targeted Genetics, another biotech startup; and, most recently, at the Infectious Disease Research Institute, a Seattle nonprofit supported by Bill and Melinda Gates and Paul Allen. Article begins on... Read more